Oddly Enough, It Works. How to Cure the "Gig Economy."
He’s possibly one of the greatest American public intellectual you’ve never heard of: Gar Alperovitz. The social economist/historian is the author of “What Then Must We Do?” a title he…
The Mound of Sound
Now That You Mention It…
Earlier this month the European Court of Justice issued a ruling that ISDS or Investor-State Dispute provisions in a trade deal between the Netherlands and Slovakia were contrary to European…
Is That How Trudeau Won?
Is that what Chris Wylie did for the Trudeau Liberals? Did he tell the guys who paid him $100,000 what voters most wanted, what would sell? As Michael Harris recently…
Is CETA Toast? The European Court of Justice Strikes Down ISDS.
When it comes to free trade, our politicians have never balked at surrendering state sovereignty to the corporate sector through ISDS or Investor/State Dispute Resolution clauses. The rules have already…
When They Say "Job Churn" They Really Mean "Serfdom"
Whether it’s electoral reform, bitumen pipelines, or even job security, the Trudeau government has an infuriating “well, that’s just the way it is” attitude. Okay, we’re sorry but that’s the…
Yes, Yes, We Know. But What Are We Going to Do About It?
So we’re ruining the world’s farmland. Great. Now what are we going to do about it? First of all, it’s a global problem. In some places it’s worse than others,…
Democracy Under Attack. Are You Ready to Fight Back?
Once again we need to look at what’s happening in the United States and decide whether we will allow it to happen here. There’s now clear evidence that a hostile…
Are We Witnessing the Resurrection of "The Project"?
In 2006, I succumbed to a moment of hubris and announced the death of neo-conservatism, broken on the wheel of ruinous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The horrific experiment that…
Our Least Recognized Existential Threat – Over Consumption
We tend to hear a lot about climate change and a fair bit about overpopulation but we hear less about our rapacious and, for the moment, growing over consumption of…
Okay, Don, And Where is Clarence Darrow?
To hear the Mango Mussolini tell it, Donald Trump is up to his cellulite in top legal talent just waiting to sink their fangs into failing Robert Mueller and his…
AggregateIQ and Brexit, the Canadian Connection Partly Explained. Alleged Campaign Expense Violations.
Just what everyone needs. Three or four new names to add to the snowballing cast of characters in the AggregateIQ/Brexit/Cambridge Analytica/Trump campaign scandal. Not only is the volume of names…
Russian Roulette – Conclusion
My impression of “Russian Roulette” is that Michael Isikoff and David Corn have produced a fine book, a worthy read, that happened to get overtaken by events. Had it been…
Trump’s New Litter – Bolton, Pompeo and Haspel, Three Buckets of Ugly.
That’s what you get when you have an addled authoritarian head of state with an incoherent worldview who brings in a stronger guy who has an utterly diabolical worldview. We’ll…
Mentally Mobilized for War
In August, 2014, a leading German financial paper, Handelsblatt, warned of a dangerous spread of war fever throughout the West. Even smart people are not immune to controlled bouts of…
I Want You to Do Us Both a Favour
Please, read this. If you’ve got the time, check this out.
AVALANCHE !!!
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has buried the news this past week, a lot like an avalanche. Having followed, and written about, this story for almost a year even I found…
How a Kid From Victoria May Become Trump’s Worst Nightmare
If Donald Trump isn’t disparaging something as “fake news” does that make it real? Ordinarily Trump meets scandal head on, denouncing adversaries as liars and media outlets who run their…
Former Playmate of the Year Dishes on Dirty, Dirty Donnie Trump
Seriously, the 45th president of the United States of America, has the sexual appetites of a goat. He cheated on his first wife with a woman who became his second.…
Elizabeth May Arrested Over Justin Trudeau’s Damned Pipeline
She should be an example to us all. There is a place for civil disobedience. The Kinder-Morgan pipeline is that place. Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, along with NDP MP,…
Cambridge Analytica and Its Cast of Shady Characters
The journos are having a field day with this. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is chock full of shady characters, an odd percentage of them with seeming links to Russia. There…